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Saukiella
Temporal range: Cambrian–Ordovician
S. pepinensis from Wisconsin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Asaphida
Family: †Saukiidae
Genus: †Saukiella
Ulrich & Resser, 1933
Species
  • S. baikadamica
  • S. diversa

Saukiella is a genus of trilobites of the Saukiidae family.

These fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeders lived in the Cambrian and Ordovician periods, from 498.5 to 478.6 Ma.[1][2]

Species

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  • Saukiella baikadamica Ergaliev 1980
  • Saukiella diversa Qiu 1984
  • Saukiella pepinensis (Owen, 1852) (syn. Dikelocephalus pepinensis)

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Distribution

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Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Ordovician sediments of Russia and in the Cambrian sediments of Canada, China, Kazakhstan and United States.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack


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